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surname Wen

to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at

ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)

surname Men

gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

to smell / to sniff sth out / to perceive by smelling

well-known / famous / renowned / eminent

unheard of / an extremely rare and unprecedented event

world-famous

to be famous far and wide (idiom)

to receive news (of)

Wenxi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城[Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi

Wenxi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城[Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi

to hear (about sth)

to smell / to hear / knowledge / information

to have heard what was said

(TCM) auscultation and smelling, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊[si4 zhen3]

to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out

illustrious and influential / well-known

Wen Yiduo (1899-1946), poet and patriotic fighter, executed by Guomindang in Kunming

lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything / a word to the wise

to smell of sth / to smell like sth

famous person

to identify by smell / to detect a scent / to sniff out

knowing sb by their reputation can't compare to meeting them in person (idiom)